Bhubaneswar, Oct 15: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha has officially kickstarted preparations for the +2 (Class 12) Annual Examination 2026. According to a recent notification issued by the council, internal assessments and project examinations for regular students across all streams—Science, Arts, Commerce, and Vocational—will be held from December 22 to December 31, 2025.

As per CHSE guidelines, internal assessments for non-practical subjects will carry 10 or 20 marks, with students being allotted 45 minutes for each paper. Similarly, project evaluations—carrying 20 marks—will also be conducted during this window. In Commerce, project assessment will include viva-voce, while students in Vocational courses with ACT or BSM components must also appear for project evaluation, which will be of 2 hours duration.

The practical examinations are scheduled to be conducted from January 2 to January 15, 2026. Subjects with practical components of 60, 50, or 30 marks will be conducted over three hours, while those with 15-mark practicals will be allotted two hours.

Importantly, the notification clarifies that ex-regular students will not be eligible for internal assessments or project evaluations and will not be required to pay any related examination fees.

In case a regular student fails to appear for the internal assessments in the initial schedule (Dec 22–31), they will be given a second chance to take the exam during the second slot, scheduled from January 10 to 15, 2026.

All assessments-including internal, project, and practical exams-will be conducted under CCTV surveillance to ensure transparency and discipline.

The council is expected to announce the theory exam schedule in the coming days.